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#91
Off the Record / Re: The adventures of AI Faceb...
Last post by grumbler - March 27, 2024, 07:46:00 AM
Awesome job curating these.  I shudder to think of the many images you had to view to get to these "best."
#92
Off the Record / Re: Working From Home
Last post by Sheilbh - March 27, 2024, 07:45:16 AM
Quote from: Zanza on March 26, 2024, 10:41:29 PMOf course labour law and a plethora of regulations or industry-wide collective bargaining will limit what you can actually put into an employment contract, but contract law itself is very free. Maybe different in other jurisdictions.
Having worked with German lawyers on commercial contracts I have very serious doubts about whether contract law is very free :lol: :P

But you're right employment law is entirely separate and distinct. In the UK it's not collective bargaining but there's lots of regulations - and in a way it's not unlike consumer law. In theory it's a free contract between two parties, in practice there is a massive imbalance of power so it's very heavily regulated to try and level the playing field a bit/make it fair.

I'd say I've never really heard any talk about "time theft" anywhere I've worked. I've also never really seen this be an issue - when I've sen problems in a workplace it's because of the way that person works/if what they're producing is good rather than are they doing their hours.

Having said that I think I've also never seen anyone be fired outside of a probation period - except for the serious misconduct sort of issue wherer someone doesn't turn up one day and you get an email saying "x no longer works here" :ph34r: So my experience may be unusual.

Only place I've seen the fairly casual hiring firing was when I worked for an employment agency when I was a student - and that's kind of the way that works.
#93
Off the Record / Re: Stocks and Trading Thread ...
Last post by crazy canuck - March 27, 2024, 06:57:35 AM
Quote from: Josquius on March 27, 2024, 04:25:19 AMSurely the time to do this was some months ago?


It just went public.

Toni, it's never a good idea to get involved in a pump and dump scheme even if you know it is a pump and dump scheme.

#94
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by crazy canuck - March 27, 2024, 06:55:05 AM
There is a lot that is changed from the book in the second movie.  That surprised me since the first movie was quite faithful - no pun intended.

#95
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Josephus - March 27, 2024, 05:29:01 AM
Quote from: Josquius on March 26, 2024, 05:53:14 PMAlso heard some girl complaining it was just Star Wars. Le sigh.


A friend of mine, she said the same thing after watching the first movie. "It's like Star Wars". How? I asked. "The people in the sand, the Spice instead of the Force ... "
#96
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by Solmyr - March 27, 2024, 04:48:11 AM
You guys seem surprised by Otto's turn. He's always been a fascist, there really is no change from before.

Also it's funny how he now extols the virtues of Trump while Trump has ALSO called for Israel to stop the war (granted, because it's bad PR, but still).
#97
Off the Record / Re: Stocks and Trading Thread ...
Last post by Josquius - March 27, 2024, 04:25:19 AM
Surely the time to do this was some months ago?
#98
Off the Record / Re: Working From Home
Last post by Josquius - March 27, 2024, 04:13:56 AM
Thinking about things the only time since Japan I worked somewhere that took the contractual hours seriously it was when I worked at an absolutely dire company with a shit manager where bullying and other problems were rife.
This covers a lot of jobs that were officially 100% in office.
I don't think this is a wfh thing.
#99
Off the Record / Re: The adventures of AI Faceb...
Last post by Tamas - March 27, 2024, 03:10:28 AM
 :lol: Awesome, but also stuff of nightmares.

#100
Off the Record / Re: Baltimore bridge collapses...
Last post by Maladict - March 27, 2024, 02:22:23 AM
Quote from: grumbler on March 26, 2024, 06:48:42 PM
Quote from: Maladict on March 26, 2024, 03:47:25 PM
Quote from: grumbler on March 26, 2024, 12:01:54 PMI also don't see any indication that the ship was frantically slowing

What about that big plume of smoke inbetween the blackouts? Could that indicate an emergency reverse?

That's quite possible, though I thought it indicative of the failure of the main engines and the lighting-off of the emergency diesel generator (which apparently never came on-line enough to provide power to the rudder).  The pilot did order the anchor dropped, so there was emergency action taken.  It was just too late.

So, apparently the main diesel engine failed and then the emergency generator failed.  My guess at this point is some kind of fuel contamination.  I don't see any other immediately-obvious way for both diesel systems to go down at the same time.

Interesting,thanks.

Quote from: The Brain on March 27, 2024, 02:10:13 AMYou sometimes see protective arrangements around bridges to keep an errant ship from striking an actual pillar. What determines if you put those in place? I wouldn't have been surprised if this major bridge near a major port had been protected like that, but I can also see a number of possible reasons for not doing it.

The bridge did have protective barriers. I think you can see them break just before the bridge goes down. I don't think any reasonable protection can work against a head-on impact by a ship this size. Except raising the riverbed enough so the ship grounds itself.